Table 1. Number of injuries versus subject or injury characteristics.
| Characteristics | Grade 1–4 | Grade 5–8 | Grade 9–12 | Total | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Boys | 826 | 78.7 | 230 | 58.8 | 140 | 67.6 | 1196 | 72.6 | < 0.001 |
| Girls | 223 | 21.3 | 161 | 41.2 | 67 | 32.4 | 451 | 27.4 | |
| Location of injury | |||||||||
| Playground | 328 | 39.5 | 140 | 46.7 | 109 | 62.3 | 577 | 44.2 | < 0.001 |
| Classroom | 331 | 39.8 | 112 | 37.3 | 53 | 30.3 | 496 | 38.0 | |
| Hallway | 172 | 20.7 | 48 | 16.0 | 13 | 7.4 | 233 | 17.8 | |
| Time of injury | |||||||||
| In class | 336 | 38.4 | 120 | 36 | 53 | 29.3 | 509 | 36.7 | < 0.001 |
| Break | 349 | 39.9 | 106 | 31.8 | 35 | 19.3 | 490 | 35.3 | |
| Physical education period | 189 | 21.6 | 107 | 32.1 | 93 | 51.4 | 389 | 28.0 | |
| Types of injury | |||||||||
| Abrasion or scrape | 568 | 62.5 | 170 | 54.1 | 93 | 55.0 | 831 | 59.7 | < 0.001 |
| Cut or laceration | 260 | 28.6 | 92 | 29.3 | 27 | 15.0 | 379 | 27.2 | 0.001 |
| Pain or tenderness | 81 | 8.9 | 52 | 16.6 | 49 | 29.0 | 182 | 13.1 | < 0.001 |
| Contributing factors | |||||||||
| Fall | 407 | 52.2 | 117 | 47.2 | 60 | 46.2 | 584 | 50.4 | 0.425 |
| Collision with an object | 233 | 29.9 | 83 | 33.5 | 40 | 30.8 | 356 | 30.7 | |
| Collision with a person | 140 | 17.9 | 48 | 19.4 | 30 | 23.1 | 218 | 18.8 | |
| Severity | |||||||||
| Yes | 164 | 15.9 | 60 | 15.7 | 38 | 18.6 | 262 | 16.2 | 0.590 |
| No | 870 | 84.1 | 323 | 84.3 | 166 | 81.4 | 1359 | 83.8 | |
| Equipment involvement | |||||||||
| Yes | 250 | 25.3 | 112 | 29.9 | 40 | 19.7 | 402 | 25.7 | 0.024 |
| No | 739 | 74.4 | 262 | 70.1 | 163 | 80.3 | 1164 | 74.3 | |